United States First Circuit

Proof of knowledge that money is derived from an illicit source is not enough for a money laundering conviction under 18 USC 1956(a)(1); the defendant must also know that the transactions in which he participated were part of a money laundering scheme.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/29/2001
• Published 06/29/2001

Judges

• TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge., Before TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Benjamín Ortíz-Belaval, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy S. Vázquez, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.